All Creatures Great and Small ...

"All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all"

The news programs are leaving me sick at heart. I sympathize and empathize with the people who are taking the hits from B/P's negligence and carelessness. I grieve for the families who lost a member to the explosion(s) on the rig. But my stomach turns and my heart breaks every time I see what's happening to the birds and sea life and other critters being destroyed by those who were given stewardship and assigned the caretaking of the "lesser" creatures.

In all fairness, I know it's not just B/P or just the oil companies, there are plenty others who neglect or just plain abuse the animals entrusted to us and I would hope and do expect that there's a very special place reserved just for them.

I've been told that only humans go to Heaven; animals have no souls. Now, first of all, if there are no animals - it's not Heaven. Second, maybe the only ones really entitled to enter through the pearly gates are those animals, be they pets or wild, who may or may not suffer at our hands and yet give us their unconditional love or, at the very least, do us no harm, intentional or otherwise. My four-legged family members are all enjoying extra hugs.